Weight Loss & Obesity News & Updates
- Ozempic: Cost, Coupons, and Ways to Save Cash
May 3, 2023 — With the blockbuster type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic popular as ever with those just seeking to lose weight, we speak to pharmacists about the drug cost, potential coupons and prescription discounts, and other ways to save money.
- Weight Loss Surgery Could Cut Cancer Risk in Half Over Time
May 1, 2023 — Investigators compared almost 56,000 people with obesity who had bariatric surgery to the same number who did not. They tracked how many people developed cancer over the next 10 years. The surgery group had less than half as many cases of cancer.
- Another Weight Loss Drug Could Soon Join Ozempic in U.S.
April 27, 2023 — The drug, tirzepatide, helped patients in the study lose up to 15.7% of their body weight in a phase III trial.
- ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water Linked to Weight Gain, Study Finds
April 26, 2023 — Heavily used “forever chemicals” found in food packaging and other consumer goods are contributing to weight gain, a new study has found.
- Popular Weight Loss Plans Court Controversy With Obesity Meds
April 21, 2023 — Some commercial weight loss programs that have long advocated a laser focus on diet, exercise, and behavior change are adding prescription weight loss drugs approved to treat obesity such as Wegovy. And that’s triggering a healthy debate.
- Weight Loss Drug Fracas Continues as Risk of Shortages Grows
April 17, 2023 — Since one of the side effects of type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic is weight loss, people without diabetes have flocked to purchase the drug for a quicker way to shed pounds. To prevent widespread shortages, Canadian province British Columbia is banning Americans from purchasing the drug.
- MRIs Show Brain Differences in Obese Men, Women
April 7, 2023 — A new study of overweight and obese people’s brains using MRIs suggests that future weight loss treatments should take into account whether someone is male or female. MRIs revealed gender-based differences in both the structure and function of the brain.
- Weight Loss Drugs Might Be Deemed ‘Essential’ by WHO
March 31, 2023 — For the first time, the World Health Organization may add weight loss drugs to the list of essential medicines that it suggests countries worldwide purchase.
- Patients Who Stop Weight Loss Drug Regain Weight in 5 Years
March 30, 2023 — Within 5 years of stopping the weight loss drug Wegovy, most people will regain all the weight they lost, and some people may add even more pounds, a senior official from drugmaker Novo Nordisk said at a conference Wednesday.
- Weight Loss Benefits Persist Even After Regaining Some Pounds
March 28, 2023 — A new analysis gives a promising answer to the weight loss question: Is it better to have lost and gained, than never to have lost at all?
- More Than Half the World Will Be Overweight or Have Obesity by 2035: Report
March 3, 2023 — More than half the world’s population will be overweight or have obesity by 2035 if current trends continue, with obesity rising at alarming rates among children and adolescents, a new report from the World Obesity Federation says.
- Weight Loss Drug Will Be Easier to Find in Stores Soon, Manufacturer Says
February 4, 2023 — Drug maker Novo Nordisk says it is increasing production of Wegovy, a weight loss drug, which has been hard to find in stores.
- Brains of Obese People Show Changes Similar to Alzheimer’s
January 31, 2023 — The brains of obese people go through changes like those of Alzheimer’s patients, a new study shows. This is the first study that directly compared patterns of brain shrinkage in the two groups.
- Pediatricians Call for Drugs, Surgery for Obese Children
January 9, 2023 — The American Academy of Pediatrics said physicians should no longer wait to see if children with obesity outgrow the condition.
